About 300 believed killed in Taiwan village, says official
09:31, 14 August 2009
ASTANA. August 14. KAZINFORM About 300 people are estimated to have been killed by a massive landslide that wiped out much of a village in southern Taiwan, a government official said on Friday, Kazinform refers to Trend News.
"The county magistrate gave the premier a report that in his judgment about 300 were dead," a Government Information Office section chief said, referring to the village of Hsiao Li.
"These are the conditions now. Specific numbers will depend on the army opening the road and sending people in."
The official death toll from a typhoon that hit Taiwan last weekend stands at 116. The worst floods in decades washed out roads, snapped bridges and sent low-rise buildings crashing into rivers, according to the latest statement by the disaster agency, Kazinform cites Trend News. See www.en.trend.az for full version.